                                                                 read.me
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P-AA vers. 3.0: Plain TeX macro package
L-AA vers. 3.0: LaTeX style file

for Astronomy & Astrophysics
                                                  (c) Springer-Verlag HD
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On the diskette you will find the plain TeX macro package P-AA and the
corresponding LaTeX style file L-AA for Astronomy & Astrophysics (Main
journal). They come with the following files:

Root directory
aa.the        List of thesaurus codes (for online use or printout
              with our plain TeX macros)
read.me       This file

PLAIN directory
cp-aa.ini     Initex-file using CM fonts
pp-aa.ini     Initex-file using Times fonts
p-aa.doc      User's guide
p-aa.ref      Reference card
p-aa.dem      Example of an article
p-aa.big      Startup file with the macros for the head of the article
              already entered. Comments explain the use of the macros.
p-aa.tex      Copy of p-aa.big but without comments.

LATEX directory
l-aa.sty      The style file
l-aa.doc      User's Guide
l-aa.dem      Example of an article
l-aa.ref      The reference card
aalfonts.tex  Adaptation of lfonts.tex to l-aa.sty and PS fonts

Using L-AA
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L-AA is used like any other style file. LaTeX and print out the file
l-aa.doc for details.

Using P-AA
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Please read the following instructions before starting to work with
the macropackage.

Why format files?
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As our package requires a lot of fonts in addition to those preloaded
by plain-TeX, it will normally not work if used via the \input statement.
It is therefore necessary to create a new so-called format file with
our package.  This is done by submitting a set of macro definitions
to a program called "initex".  This program processes the definitions,
the font specifications, and the original plain-TeX macros and stores
all of them in "compiled" form in a format file. This process does
not produce any output like an ordinary run of TeX, but speeds things
up for all subsequent runs you make, using plain-TeX in combination
with our macros and font selection.

Creating format files
---------------------
Creating a format file is done using the program "initex".
Proceed as follows:

1) Decide which set of fonts you want to use: Computer Modern (CM) or
PostScript (PS). For CM use the file "cp-aa.ini", for PS use "pp-aa.ini".
If possible, please use PostScript fonts.

2) Make sure that all fonts required are on your hard disk. If necessary,
install the missing fonts.

3) Run initex with the file "cp-aa.ini" or "pp-aa.ini" respectively.
The exact syntax of this command depends on the implementation. Be aware
that the font memory should be set to 40000 and main memory to 50000.

The switch /i turns the normal TeX program into initex; the last two
switches /f and /m provide an enlarged capacity for font storage and
TeX's main memory. After initex has successfully completed its task,
you will have a format file called "cp-aa.fmt" if you requested CM
fonts and "pp-aa.fmt" if you requested PS fonts.

4) You will want to create both a CM and an PS format file, the first
for previewing, and the second for the final run.

Printing the User's guide
-------------------------
Now you are ready to print the User's guide. TeX it using your format
file by issuing the command

  tex &cp-aa p-aa.doc

Technical support
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If you need help in using the macro packages or if you have suggestions
on to how to improve them, please contact us at

                  Springer-Verlag
                  New Technologies/Product Development
                  P.O.~Box 105280
                  W-6900 Heidelberg 1, Federal Republic of Germany

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